Aegiphila panamensis

Aegiphila panamensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Aegiphila
Species: A. panamensis
Binomial name
Aegiphila panamensis
Moldenke

Aegiphila panamensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae.[2] It is native to the Americas, its distribution extending from Mexico to Colombia.[1]

Description

The species has elliptic leaf blades 8–19 centimetres (3.1–7.5 in) long by 3–7 centimetres (1.2–2.8 in) wide on petioles up to 1.2 centimetres (0.47 in) long. The inflorescence is a panicle of flowers. Each flower has a fuzzy, tubular, cream or yellowish corolla just under a centimeter long.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Nelson, C. 1998. Aegiphila panamensis. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. Downloaded on 06 August 2013.
  2. França, F. and A. M. Giulietti. (2012). Lectotypifications, neotypifications, and epitypification in the genus Aegiphila Jacq. Archived February 1, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Neodiversity 6 1-14.
  3. "Aegiphila panamensis". Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Retrieved 10 June 2013.


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